Stephen Quay Filmes

  • 1981
    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy

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    An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.

    Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
  • 2019
    The Doll's Breath

    The Doll's Breath

    The Doll's Breath

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    Afraid of losing his wife, Horatio creates a replica he calls Hortensia. But things don't go as planned... Shot on 35mm and propelled by an...

    The Doll's Breath
  • 1985
    This Unnameable Little Broom

    This Unnameable Little Broom

    This Unnameable Little Broom

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    Stop-motion animated short film in which a puppet on a trike captures a puppet bird-man.

    This Unnameable Little Broom
  • 2017
    The Music of Zdeněk Liška

    The Music of Zdeněk Liška

    The Music of Zdeněk Liška

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    One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the...

    The Music of Zdeněk Liška
  • 2011
    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

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    A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the...

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
  • 1988
    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies

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    Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.

    Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
  • 2022
    Ghosts and Whispers

    Ghosts and Whispers

    Ghosts and Whispers

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    An unbroken sequence of fragments, last thoughts, elegies and absences by Schubert, Mozart, Wagner, Janáček, Stravinsky, Jacquet de la...

    Ghosts and Whispers
  • 2007
    Eurydice: She, So Beloved

    Eurydice: She, So Beloved

    Eurydice: She, So Beloved

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    Commissioned by Opera North, the Brothers Quay created the installation and film 'She, So Beloved' inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem...

    Eurydice: She, So Beloved
  • 2022
    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

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    A short documentary on the life of Polish author Bruno Schulz by Stephen and Timothy Quay, who adapted his work for their 1986 animated film Street...

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
  • 2010
    Inside The Institute

    Inside The Institute

    Inside The Institute

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    Docimentary about the work of the Qway Brothers for their film Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    Inside The Institute
  • 2010
    Wonderwood: Comme des garçons

    Wonderwood: Comme des garçons

    Wonderwood: Comme des garçons

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    A bird acts as an alchemist in an enchanted forest, selecting different kinds of wood to combine them in a parquet floor.

    Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
  • 2009
    Kinoteka Ident

    Kinoteka Ident

    Kinoteka Ident

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    Opening sequence for the Kinoteka Polish Film Festival.

    Kinoteka Ident
  • 1988
    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    6.31988HD

    A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
  • 1983
    Janáček: Intimate Excursions

    Janáček: Intimate Excursions

    Janáček: Intimate Excursions

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    Janacek: Intimate Excursions is a short experimental documentary that attempts to find visual references in the correspondence of Leos Janacek, the...

    Janáček: Intimate Excursions
  • 2021
    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem

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    To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and...

    11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
  • 1986
    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    6.51986HD

    A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

    Street of Crocodiles
  • 2003
    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    6.12003HD

    A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
  • 1988
    Rain Dance

    Rain Dance

    Rain Dance

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    A farming family and their livestock dance during a much-needed downpour in this Quay Brothers short made for Sesame Street.

    Rain Dance
  • 1992
    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?

    6.11992HD

    Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".

    Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
  • 1993
    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

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    Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred. The end of a...

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods